Typewriting machine



June 1 1926.

J. B. HOLDEN TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed May 14. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1HIEATT'URNEY J. B. HOLDEN TYPEWRITING MACHINE June 1 ,1926.

Filed May 14. 1921 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES 5% m.

- INVENTUR HIE ATTURNEY Patented June 1, 1926.

UNITED STA :rosnrn .B. HOLDEN, or s-Ymcusnnnw wanna couramr,

YORK, ASSIGNOB '10 TYPE- OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 015 NEW YORK-rvrnwnrrme mourns.

Application filed Kay 14,

i I the baseboard.

The main object of my invention, generally stated, is to provide simpleand efficient means of the character specified.

To the above and other ends which-will hereinafter appear. my inventionconsists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts andcombinations of'devices set forth in the following description andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings whereln like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in the different views,

Fig. 1 is a fore and aft vertical sectional view of a typewritingmachine shown equipped with the devicesof my invention and secured inlace thereby onthe baseboard of the mac "no, the sectlon being taken onthe line 1-1 of Fig. 4 and looking 1n the direction of the arrow atsaid'line.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail fragmentary vertical sectional viewof aportion of the same, the section being taken on the line 22 of Fig. 4and looking in the direction of the arrow at said line.

Fig. 3 shows detached andin perspectrve the foot members and connectingparts disclosed'.in'Fig. 2; the parts shown in Figs.

2' and 3 being drawn on the safe enlarged scale.

Fig.

4 is a detail transverse sectional view of the parts repr nted in Fig.1, the section being taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1: and looking invthev direction of thetarrow at'said line. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailtransverse sectional view of parts of the connecting means, the sectionbeing taken on the line 55. of

ig. 6. is a sectional viewiof the same, taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5and'look ing in the direction of the arrow at said line.

In the present instance I have shown my invention applied to a Remingtonportable typewriting machine, only so much of said machine being shownas may be necessary to arrive at an understandingof my invention." Itshould be understood, however, that the invention is not restricted inits application tom wall or base 1921. Serial No. 469,468.

to such machines but may be employed in typewriting and like machinesgenerall wherever found available.

The mam supporting sheet metal frame of the Remington portable machineis in- 1,587,484 TESV PATENT OFF-ICE.

dicated as a whole by the reference numeral .1, and comprises aninwardly projecting horizontally disposed flange or web portion 2 at thebase thereof. I prefer to form a' hole 3 in this web (see Fig. 4) ateach corner of the frame to. aid in detachably securing the cushion feetto the machine, and to aid in securing the machine to a baseboard 4. Inthe present' instance this baseboard is preferably a part or the bottomof a carrying case, the cover of which (not shown) encloses the machine.and is detachablysecured to said baseboard. The baseboard may haveits'entire surfacecovered,

as indicated at 5, with a suitable material,

such as imitation leather, to match the detachable cover. I prefer tohave the machine, whether in use or enclosed in its carrying case,remain. connected with the baseboard 4. Therefore, Ihave providedcushion feet 6 beneath the baseboard, and by which the latter with themachine secured thereto, may be supported on a desk or table withoutmarring the surface of either the desk 'or the baseboard,at the sametime absorbing the vibrations that might otherwise be transmitted fromthe operated ,machine to the baseboard and to the desk on which it issupported, and therefore reduce the'nois'e accordingly. The transmisionof vibrations from the machine to its support is further prevented byreason of the provision of cushioning means frame of the machine and-thebaseboard, as will hereinafter clearly appear.

,An annular cushion or foot-piece 7 of soft rubber or' like material isformed orproor feet between the basevided aboutjmidway (as shown) witha'circular groove 8, the width of, which corresponds substantially tothe thickness of the web or flange2 of 9 of the groove conformssubstantially to the diameter of the opening 3 in the web. 4 The lower 7is larger in or portion, cumferentially at 10 to enable it to i bepressed with facility through the hole 8 in the flange 2 from the underside thereof. It

diameter than the upper half half or portion of the cushion the machine,and the botand the latter is beveled 'clrportion is compressed until thegrooved portion 8 registers with the wall of the opening 3, whereuponthe portion 10 expands and overlies and rests upon the top surface ofthe base 2 immediately surrounding the opening 3. At this time the upperthe under half of the cushion bears against the cushside of the web orflange 2. When ion has thus been connected to the webor flange itsbottommost portion rests upon the baseboard 4'or its covering 5, all asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From an inspection of Fig. 4, it will be seen that the cushion '7 hasbeen removed from the frame at the lowerright-hand corner thereof. Atthis point it will be seen the baseboard beneath is perforated asindicated at 11 below and in line with the opening 3. Correspondingopenings 11 are formed. in the baseboard below and in line with theother three openings 3 in the frame. The lower end of each opening 11 inthe v baseboard is enlarged andcountersunk to form a pocket to receive afoot 6, and part of the means by which the latter is connected to thebaseboard and to the machine.

The means by which each foot 6 is secured to the machine and to thebaseboard, and by which the machine is also secured to the baseboard areas follows: Referring more particularly to Figs.

seen that a headed screw 12 is received in a part designated as a wholeby the refto a cylindrical hub 16. The lower end of the hub, at the wallof the bore therein, is stamped or formed at four points to produce fourinwardly extending spurs 17 that engage the threads on the screw 12, soas to provide a threaded connection between the screw 12 and member 13.Where the lower end of the screw 12 projects below the hub 16 it coactswith internal threads 18 in the hollow stem or socket 18 of a connectingmember, designated as a whole by the reference numeral 19. Thisconnecting member has a flange, head or enlargement 20 at its lower endwhich may be in the nature of a disk riveted at 20 to an end of thestem. A part of the stem 18 is formed with an en larged angular portion21, being in the present instance hexagonal in cross section. Each foot6 has an upper enlarged portion 6 fitted in a sheet metal cap or holder22 having an inwardly extending supporting flange 23 and a centralopening 24 through said opening. Hence in inof the bottom portion orenlarged 5 and 6, it will th tached. to the baseboard, and also betweenwhich the lower contracted end portion of the foot 6 extends. From theupper edge ortion of the encircling rim 25 of the older 22 projects anumber of bendable lugs 26, four being shown in the present instance. XIn assembling and connecting the parts, each foot 6 is placed within itsholder 22 and the head 20 of the connecting member 19 is then seated ontop of the foot. The lugs 26 are then bent down over the back of thehead 20 to rigidly connect theholder 22, and the foot 6 containedtherein, to ,the member 19. The latter may then be introduced upwardlyinto its driven home in the opening the angular proections of thehexagonal portion 21 embed themselves in the woodenwall of theopenprojects above the baseboard, extends through a central 0pening'271n the cushion 7 attached to the frame of the The member 1213 may thenbe the foot 6 to the baseboard and to the machino, and securelyconnecting the machine to the baseboard.

It will be seen that each cushion 7 aside from forming a. foot forsupporting the machine on the baseboard, also provides an interveningcushion between the machine and e connecting means by which it is atthemachine and the means by which the associated foot 6 is attached to themachine. Therefore, not only are very simple and 'effective meansprovided for detachably securing the parts together in such -a mannerthat they cannot become accidentally separated, but effective. means areprovided for absorbing the vibrations of the machine in action and forpreventing vibrations from being transmitted to thedesk on which thebaseboard rests, thus reducing noise while protecting the baseboard aswell as the desk or support on which it rests, from being marred orinjured. 7

In addition to the means hereinbefore described for supporting themachine on the baseboard, I prefer to employ two cushions 28, oneinterposed between the web 2 of the machine frame and the baseboard ateach side and about midway of the length of the opening 11 inthebaseboard, and as the stem 1821 is forced on or support part thereforeidescribed, but from oertain'aspects of -my"invention the members 12and 13 may be regarded as one part of a two-part connection, the otherpart of whichis the member 19. The-two parts of said connecting meansare united b a threaded connection, and one of 19 carries a footGdetachably connected thereto by means 26 independent of thethreaded-connection which unites the two parts and secures theconnecting means which extends above the same,'a cushion or I writing'ing a foot projecting below the baseboard and havflange within a recessin said baseboard,'a cup or ring within which said flange is seated,asocket assing upwardly through the baseboard .an through the perforatedcushion, said socket having at its lower end a flange 1 which bears onsaid foot-piece, ears or lu'gs on said cup or ring bent over upon saidflange, a perforated disk or washer seated upon the top of saidtypemachine cushion',-and a screw engaginginternal threads in saidsocket.

2. The combination of a-detachable twopart connecting member the partsof which are detachably connected together by a threaded connection andwhen soconnected are adapted to detachably secure the twopart member toa typewriting or like machine, a cushion foot, and means independent ofsaid threaded connection for detachably securing said foot to one partof said' connecting member and thus connecting the foot to the machine.

3. The combination of a detachable twopart metallic connecting memberthe parts of which are detachably but' firmly and positively fastenedtogether and when so fastened detachably but positively secure thetwo-part member to a typewriting or like machine, a supporting cushioninterposed between said connecting member and the machine, anda cushionfoot separate and distinct from said first mentioned cushion and carriedwholly by and fixedly secured to one of the parts of said connectingmember.

'41. The combination of a detachable two-' art metallic connectin memberthe parts of which are detachably ut firmly and positively fastenedtogether and when so fas tened detachably but positively secure thetwo-part member to a typewriting or like machine, a supporting cushioninte osed the machine, a cushion foot, and means independent of thosewhich connect the two parts of said member together for fixedlyattaching said foot to or detaching it from one of the parts of saidmember.

5(The combination of a detachable twopart connecting member the parts ofwhich are detachably connected together by a threaded connection andwhen so connected are adapted to detachably but positively secure thetwo-part member to a typewriting or like machine, a cushion interposedbetween said connecting member and the machine, a head on one'partofsaid connecting member, a cushion foot which bears against said head,a' perforated cap in which the foot is received and through which itextends, and means for securing said cap to said head.

6. The combination; of a detachable twopart connecting memberb which thesu porting means. are detachahly but positively fastened to the frame ofat ewriting or like machine and each part 0 which con necting' member isprovided with an enlargement or head, means for detachably butpositively connecting the two parts of said member together and therebypositively connecting the member to the frame of the machine, a cushioninterposed-between one of said heads and the frame of the machine, and acushion foot positively connected to the other head and independentlydetachable therefrom. v

7 The combination of a detachable twopart connecting member detachablybut positively connected to the frame of a typewriting or. like machineand each part of which is-provided with an enlargement or head, meansfor detachably but connecting the two parts of said member together andthereby positively connecting the member to the frame of the machine, acushion interposed between one of said heads and the frame of themachine, a baseboard to, which the machine is positively secured by saidconnecting member, a cushion interposed between the. machineand saidbaseboard a cushion foot beneath the baseboard and on which the latterrests, and means for positivel connecti said cushion foot to the otheread of sa d connecting member. I

positively.

8. The combination of a detachable twoconnectm hetwo parts of saidmember to gether an thereby positively connecting the 'member to theframe of the machine, a

cushion interposed betweenone of said heads and the frame of themachine,- and a baseboard having anopening therein through cushion feetwhich said connecting member extends to positively connect the baseboardto the machine.

9. The combination with a typewriter or like machine, of anaperturedbaseboard which closes the bottom of the machine and protects it and onwhich the machine is supported, a cushion foot beneath the baseboard andby which the latter is supported, a twopart connecting member whichextends through an aperture in the baseboard and one of the parts ofwhich carries said'foot, and means for detachably but positivelyconnecting the parts of said two-part connecting member together topositively secure the foot to the baseboard and machine and positivelysecure the machine to the baseboard.

10. The combination with atypewriting or like machine having cushionfeet, of a baseboard which closes the bottom of the machine and protectsit and on which said rest, cushion feet beneath the baseboard and bywhich it issupportcd, and a plurality of two-part detachably connectedconnecting devices one two-part connecting device for and by which themachine is detachably but positively connected to the baseboard, one

part of each connecting device having a foot for the baseboardpositively secured thereto,

11. The combination with a portable typewriting, or like machinehavingcushion feet,

of a baseboard apertured at the points Where the feet of the machinerest on the board, said baseboard tom of a carrying case andclosing thebotprotecting it, twopart detachably connected connecting devices-onedevice for each foot on the machine and which extend through said aper:

tures and by means of which the machine is positively secured to thebaseboard; and a' cushion foot carried by and positively secured to onepart of each of said devices and extending therefrom beneath thebaseboard and on which the latter may be supported.

against the baseboard thus each foot on the machine constituting thebot- 12. A typewriting or like machine having an opening in ahorizontally disposed web portion of its frame, an, annular soft rubberfoot piece with a groove around the outer side thereof that correspondssubstantially in width to the thickness of said web, the bottom wall ofthe groove conforming substantially to the wall of said opening in theweb and the top and bottom walls of the groove overlapping the web whenthe foot piece is sprung into place, thereby connecting the foot pieceto the machine, a baseboard having an opening therethrough, and aconnecting member that extends through said opening in the baseboard andthrough the'annular footpiece, said member comprising\ two parts unitedby a threaded connection, one'part of the member having an enlargementthat bears against the foot piece above said web and the other part ofthe member having an enlargement that bears from ,beneath firmly butdetachably connecting the machine to the baseboard with the foot pieceresting thereon.

13. The combination of a cushion attached to a typewriter, a clampingplate on top of said cushion, a clamping plate in a recess in abaseboard, a baseboard cushion connected to the last mentioned clampingplate, a socket carrying said last mentioned clamping plate and passingup through the baseboard and into thety ewriter cushion, and means forforcing said clamping plates towards each other.

, 14. A fastening and cushioning means comprising two independent andseparate cushions an intermediate threaded socket having a flange, aring for holding one of the cushions on said flange, the other cushionhaving aperforation for said socket, a second flange to bear on the lastmentioned cushion, and a screw for engaging the threads of said socket.

Signed at Syracuse", in the count of Onondaga and State of New York,this 12 day of May, A. D. 1921.

- JOSEPH B. HOLDEN.

